I just finished Strawberry Garden by Blackbird Designs.  I love it completely.  It's curly and fluffy like a poodle.  To my mind's eye, at least.  It's the swirling branches and laizy daisy leaves.  Lazy daisy.  I always type laizy daisy.  anyway.
( Peekture behind cut. )

This is my original plan for 2006 and beyond.

That post includes my final finish of 2006

The bottom line: of three large projects deemed top priority, I finished one. :o(  
I added three more projects to large projects that had "lesser" priority.
I actually finished four of six planned "karate projects"
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My mother died after a long battle with breast cancer on 6/11/06.  Among the things I took from her home for remembrance were the cross-stitched items I'd given her.  It was quite a trip down memory lane.  I have very vivid memories of stitching some of them.  I have seven pics of six projects here:

Mom's gifts

Thanks for looking.

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